From pan to dispenser: use the oil vegetable like fuel. It's the new Hera Group project to make the preparation of fried food, cutlets and chips less expensive on the environment. This is testified by one of the youngest winners of Masterchef, Valerio Braschi, who joined the Bolognese multiutility to raise awareness of the project and its benefits on the environment.
The new Hera Group initiative It is called Hove and is aimed at all companies that produce waste vegetable oils (so-called OVEs) as a result of their own processes, in particular restaurants, cafeterias, hotels, food industries. The Italian multi-utility will take care of the collection of the oils, valorising them in full and conferring them on Eni bio-refinery in Porto Marghera where they will be transformed into biofuel fed into Eni Diesel+ diesel. This will then also be used in some of the company's operating vehicles.
In Italy, the average production of OVEs is around 260 tonnes each year, of which 70 come from catering. Disposing of it correctly is essential, otherwise it can produce environmental damage. As in the soil where it pollutes the aquifers and damages the flora, or in the water where it can compromise aquatic ecosystems and in the sewage system where it can clog the sewers and reduce the efficiency of the purifiers. Even more harmful consequences if you think that it is a waste with great potential if collected and treated in the correct way.
To participate, you can contact the company using the dedicated form on the Hera Group website.
Vegetable oil as fuel: the role of citizens
The HOVE project represents a real example of circular economy and active involvement to carry out valuable projects in the field of sustainability and the protection of our planet.
Tracking e quality are at the center of the initiative thanks to the certification by a third party, which guarantees the sustainability of the entire transformation chain of the multi-utility's waste oils, according to the national biofuel scheme and the European scheme ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) , since the process in all its phases - from local collection to pre-treatment up to the production of biodiesel - generates carbon dioxide emissions 83% lower than the production of diesel of fossil origin.
Citizens too can actively contribute to the correct disposal of the used oil produced in their homes, which represents 62% of the total. An important gesture for the environment but simple in everyday life: just collect it and give it to the road columns or drop-off stations.
All the information for correct disposal is also available via the free app for smartphones and tablets Refusologist.
